A wonderful correlation
Under supreme authority
Right at the start of Acts 27 we see a correlation between Paul's journey and the Elect's journey of this Final Great Tribulation.
* Paul was under the authority of Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.
The Augustus band was created by the first Roman Emperor Augustus himself.
* The Great Multitude are under the authority of Jesus, captain of our salvation of God the Father.
John 5:26-27 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
Hebrews 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
The Ship
6100 Days
This ship is not of the Promised Land, yet neither of Egypt. For if it was of the Promised Land it would be of the Church Age carrying the 153 fish yet if it was of Egypt (the world) it would represent Noah's Ark during this final waiting period. Therefore it appears to represent a ship in the world yet not of it.
There are 3 spiritual ships within God's salvation plan.
1. The Church Age (1955 years)
2. The Great Multitude Period (the 6100 days)
3. Noah's Ark (these 5100 days after Judgment Day).
Once saved, God's people are never found within the sea. But the unsaved are of the sea as we read in the Book of Jude:
Jude 1:13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Even when Jonah was tossed into the sea he was protected from and kept out of the sea by a large fish:
Jonah 1:15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Jonah 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Paul's life: a picture of God's salvation plan
This ship in Acts 27:2 is representative of the Great Multitude Period (6100 days). How do we know this? The Church Age was represented before Saul became saved as the ship with 153 fish (John 21). The Church was under persecution to which Saul was also involved and he also came under persecution (this is a picture of the 2300 Days). Paul is a representative of the Elect whom came out of the Final Great Tribulation and boarded this second ship of salvation during the 6100 Days. The sailors controlled the sailing of the ship and there was no raging sea. There must always be a spiritual ship or equivalent (Jonah = great fish) because God's people can not be found within the sea.
Two Witnesses
This second verse also emphasizes the fact that Paul was not alone. God specifically includes that Paul's fellowworker of the kingdom was also with him. We see this close relationship explained in the following verse:
Colossians 4:10-11 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.
This is yet another example that this ship that they boarded represented the Great Multitude of the 6100 Days. Although there were others within the ship Paul and Aristarchus were the main focus and being close fellowworkers of the Kingdom. This corresponds with the 2 Witnesses arising in Revelation 11 at the start of the 6100 Days as the walls of Babylon fell.
Revelation 11:3,12-13 (abridged)
And I will give power unto my two witnesses...
And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Liberty/Freedom
As we can see Paul has liberty/freedom. This follows our liberty/freedom from sin throughout the 6100 Days as the Great Multitude which no man could number was continuously being saved.
Galations 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Boarding the final Ship
5100 Days
Notice that they switched ships. From the ship of salvation (outside the Church) to the ship of waiting within the Ark. This final ship in Paul's journey is of Alexandria (Egypt). As per Noah, this Egyptian ship is representative of the Elect riding out the storm, never again having additional souls boarded. Egypt is a symbol of the World.
Matthew 24:38-39
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
A Time Of Tarrying
This voyage has taken longer than any of the Elect had expected. We did not expect these trying times of waiting. We must retain patience.
Matthew 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Hebrews 10:35-39 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
A Time Of Danger After The Fast
Here we see a distinction between this final ship and the first one within Paul's journey. It is now stated that at this time it is now dangerous because the fast is now past. This can only be referring to the Day of Atonement due to the timing of the season. It is winter. Strong's also identifies this as the Day of Atonement. If the Atonement is past, then there is no longer a covering for our transgressions - no salvation. This is why it is a dangerous time/great affliction during our time. We see this within the scripture below referring to these 5100 Days:
Mark 13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
Winter Season
Mark 13:17-19 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
We can clearly see that there is an emphases on winter being a dangerous time both for Paul's journey and also within this period of time of our 5100 Days.
A False "Peace And Safety"
When nothing physically happened after Judgment Day (M21), the world went on as usual. Even a majority of the 2011 believers, being dismayed, did'nt understand where they "stood" and questioned themselves... could we have been wrong - is there still salvation (peace & safety)?
Matthew 25:5
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
The Winds Are Released
If we look at the definition of the word, "Euroclydon", we find that it refers to a strong wind from the east or southeast. Both of these directions refer to the Lord throughout scripture. Judgment has come upon the world from the Lord.
Ezekiel 43:4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
Daniel 8:9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
Both directions of the east & south represent the Lord's pleasant land.
Verse 15 gives us another clue. The shipmen were not in control of the vessel. This mirrors Noah's Ark. There were no sails constructed for the Ark. Its journey was directed by the Lord just as Paul's final ship was.
The Light Is Gone
Mark 13:24-25 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
We see that there was no light both during Paul's final ship journey and the Great Multitude's final ship journey (the Ark). Remember that the Church Age was the first ship of 153. This Final Great Tribulation which the Great Multitude comes out of is represented with 2 ships mirroring Paul's journey...
the first ship represented the 6100 Days of salvation/liberty while this second ship represents Noah's Ark of waiting in these days of turmoil.
All Are Protected
John 18:9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
Genesis 7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Just like Noah's Ark, both ships had a one way voyage, never to set sail again. All life within the Ark was safe.
The Elect will know when their journey is about to End
Paul was given helpful information when everyone's spirits fell with desperation. He was promised that all would be safe on dry land soon. It appears that Paul received this helpful information from the Lord about halfway through their 14 day storm (verses 19 & 20). We too have received a little informational help about halfway through our 14 years of riding out the storm.
Daniel 11:31-35 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
Daniel 11:31-35 describes our full 3-part Great Tribulation. Beginning with the 2300 Days of polluting the sanctuary, then the 6100 Days of understanding and instructing many, and finally these 5100 Days of "falling" but receiving additional help from God and the continuance of these 1600 furlongs within the winepress of trying/purging until the End.
The 14th Night About Midnight Dry Land is deemed Close
This 14th night within the 2nd ship of Paul's journey corresponds exactly with our 14 years (5100 days) after entering the Ark. For we will see that it is at the end of this fourteenth night that they were able to transfer to "some country". It so appears that at the end of our 14th year that the Elect will be Raptured to "a far country". As we study the parable of the 10 virgins we acknowledge that we were prematurely ready to meet the Bridegroom at Judgment Day (May 21, 2011) but up until now we have not yet heard the "cry" to actually meet Him. His Elect will all hear and know the "cry" of when He shall return before that great final day within the 14th year. Paul's constant days of night corresponds with our constant darkness.
Matt 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Matt 25:14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
A Measurement Of 15 Above The Ground
These fifteen fathoms are amazing. They signify a link between Paul's ship and Noah's Ark. The shipmen were grounded with their anchors at 15 fathoms... about midnight (about halfway through their night). So too was the Ark grounded on the mountains of Ararat on the 7th month (the 6th month of the Flood/halfway through their turmoil) during which according to scripture the waters covered the mountains by fifteen cubits on the final 150th day. The waters of Noah's Flood remained strong for a full 150 days after which they then began to lower.
* The raging sea was 15 fathoms above the ground for Paul.
* The raging sea was 15 cubits above the ground for Noah.
Genesis 7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Genesis 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
Genesis 8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis 8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
This correlation also represents the symbolic Ark to which the Elect are currently in. All His Elect will know of His return before the final hours when the morning brightness of the Son returns. God has allowed His Elect to understand and perceive when our Holy Land in Heaven will approach in 2025.
No other Way
We must rely and trust in the Lord and remain within the Ark. We can not make our own way to Heaven nor seek additional guidance from the Church, "let down the boat into the sea". The additional boat/lifeboat that is cut loose shows that there is no other way to Heaven. This ship is it. We must continue to cut off all ties to any church and solely rely on the Lord in these last days.
Matthew 22:11-12 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
John 1:10 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Waiting & Fasting During These 14 Years
Luke 25:35-37 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait (tarry) for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching
Matthew 9:14 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
The Elect have been waiting and fasting within these final 14 years since the Light (Jesus Christ) has been taken out of this World. He reigned with us for the entire 6100 Days of testimony but awaits in Heaven until the day of His return.
Those Whom Came Out Of The Great Tribulation
This number of souls within the ship is strikingly phenomenal. These are they which came from Paul's previous ship with him which represented our ship of the Great Multitude Period. The 6100 Days.
Revelation 7:13-14 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Remember that Paul's first ship of his journey represented the ship of salvation, the 6100 days. He himself is a representative of the Great Multitude which no man can number. In fact, every one of the 276 souls are representatives of the Great Multitude which endured the 8400 day Great Tribulation. Why would God specifically number the souls at 276? There is always a spiritual reason... just as the 153 fish in the ship of the Church Age had a reason of representation.
As it turns out, our Final Great Tribulation was exactly 23 years which equalled an exact 8400 days which in turn equalled an exact 276 months! The Great Multitude came out of 276 months of Great Tribulation and are now riding within the final ship of Noah's Ark. That's why they identify with the number 276. God is so good.
Last Supper
Notice this is the 14th night... the final hours. They ate their last meal just as we will eat our last spiritual meal here on Earth before being raptured. They cast out the remaining food because they had no more use for it. Just as the Elect will no longer have use for spiritual food meant for this World. The Elect will be with the Lord. Normally the wheat represents saved individuals but in this case it appears to simply represent food, in our case it would be spiritual food. We will no longer have need of inspired knowledge from the Lord concerning these End Days. It also seems to point to the fact that the Lord will not give us spiritual food to know the final hours even at the very End concerning when He will return. This aligns perfectly with Revelation 10:4-7:
And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
Heading Towards The Light
There is no darkness within Heaven. The Elect will see the Light. Jesus is the Light.
Matt 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man (Light) coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Heading Out
Matt 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Pleasant Land
Daniel 11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
We find a glorious comparison of God's Holy Kingdom within Daniel 11:45. It is in the center of two seas. Alas, the Elect shall find themselves flying in the sky towards this Holy Kingdom on that Last Day!
Unmovable
Hebrews 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear
Those within the Ark will come ashore to Heaven safely. But those whom are outside the Ark within the raging sea will be left behind unable to board the Ark as it disintegrates before their very eyes, never to be used again.
Life by Mercy
We are all sinners and none deserve salvation. It is only by God's mercy that we are aloud to enter righteousness. No person knows who is truly saved and who is not.
Safety In A Far Country
This is the far country we are all yearning for... Heaven.
Matt 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
They landed on the SOUTH side of the island. As stated before, God and His Promised Land always refers to either/or the east and south. There have been numerous studies on Paul's shipwreck but here is a link to a very comprehensive research: http://khouse.org/articles/2004/503
